Not sure why one would cantilever out over a canal when it's just as easy,
and less disruptive, and cheaper, to install floating parking (which I have
seen somewhere in the Netherlands).
That said, the presentation highlights an increasing problem in Dutch town
centres; the shear number of places required for bicycles and the lack of
parking spaces, railings, lamp-posts, etc., to lock them to.
Kinda embarrassing when you look at the UK. Some years ago I and a number
of cycle campaigners were interviewing a senior Network Rail engineer at
London Waterloo (just prior to the installation of double decked uncovered
cycle parking outside the main entrance). When asked why they were only
installing 200 spaces, the answer was: "well, I could have installed 1000
spaces and filled them......." There was no reply when asked why
not........
Cheers
John Meudell
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Subject: Cycle parking with green air conditioning system fitted
Some lovely ideas about cycle parking from NL especially cantilevered over
canal (could equally be road or railway in at lower level in wall-sided
cutting). I have worked with Streetsure (UK) on design of cycle parking for
the cantilever design, which requires only 80cm width of platform to park 1
bike every 80cm (linear). Drop me a direct e-mail for further detail - this
system can also be used along a wall face or fence, and requires no
drilling/holes in pavement (useful if there is a cellar below)
http://prezi.com/mvfq-1hqngys/presentation/
Green cladding is nice touch - plant life takes in COx and NOx to convert to
nutrients, foliage filters out particulates, latent heat of evaporation
regulates temperature, can also attenuate sound and rainfall run-off, and
used cleverly can act as sun blind for keeping direct sunlight out in summer
(heating up; buildings through windows, and hard landscaping features), and
also incorporate scent and berries (for birds)
Dave Holladay
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